Incremental conductance MPPT method for PV systems

Author

Safari, Abdolreza ; Mekhilef, Saad

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

8-11 May 2011

Abstract

This paper presents incremental conductance method for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) using DC-DC cuk converter. Comprehensive analysis and simulation of KC85T solar module and equivalent electric circuit are provided while effects of various environmental conditions on the PV module behavior is investigated. In order to fully understand the PV module working specifications fundamental characteristics of PV cells are discussed. Block diagram model of a PV module was developed in Simulink for plotting the curves. KC85T solar module is used in simulations and results indicate speed and accuracy of the proposed system.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic power systems; solar cells; DC-DC cuk converter; KC85T solar module; PV cells; PV systems; block diagram model; incremental conductance MPPT method; maximum power point tracking; photovoltaic system; Integrated circuit modeling; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Radiation effects; Temperature; Cuk Converter; Matlab Simulation; Photovoltaic (PV) systems; Solar energy; maximum power point tracking (MPPT);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2011 24th Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Niagara Falls, ON

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9788-1

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2011.6030470

Filename

6030470